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The Oyo State Police Command paraded 21 suspected armed robbers on Friday, including a group that is suspected of killing a middle-aged man named Makanjuola Ogedengbe and raping his two daughters in the state’s Apaatuku/Onireke village, Akobo, in the Lagelu Local Government area. The ages of the victims were 14 and 10, respectively. Adewale Osifeso, the public information officer for the Oyo State Police, said the suspects were providing the police with useful information as...

Frank Mba and Bala Ciroma have been appointed as Deputy Inspectors General of Police after receiving approval from the Police Service Commission. This was stated in a statement released on Friday by Ikechukwu Ani, the PSC’s spokesperson. Ani pointed out that DIG John Amadi, who previously represented the South-East zone and retired, will be replaced by DIG Ciroma, while DIG Mba will take the place of DIG Ali Janga, who retired from service and previously...

Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, will testify Thursday before the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja. Mr. Yakubu will testify in Atiku Abubakar’s petition challenging President Bola Tinubu’s 25 February presidential victory. Atiku, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, accused INEC and APC leader Tinubu of poll manipulation. On Tuesday, his lead counsel, Chris Uche, informed the five-member court panel chaired by Haruna Tsammani that Mr. Yakubu would appear on Thursday. Atiku’s legal team subpoenaed...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan briefed President Bola Tinubu on the developments in the West African sub-region on Tuesday when they met at the State House. Jonathan, the Special Envoy of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in charge of its mediation mission in Mali, stated that he was at the State House to inform Tinubu of the conclusions of talks with other participants in the West African Elders Forum, which he heads. In...

However, despite years of advocacy, successive administrations continued to stick with the May 29 handover date, despite calls to have June 12 declared a public holiday. Only the South-West States of Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, and Ekiti, which were under the control of the now-defunct Alliance for Democracy, observed June 12 as a public holiday in honour of the heroes and heroines who died on that day. At the national level, Major General Muhammadu Buhari...